I said I’d write about sevens today; but we’re going back
tomorrow, so we’ll cover that then. Today, I want to talk about tins of cold nescafé.
Minutes before the picture used for yesterday’s blog, Charis
and I witnessed a very strange thing. An elderly Indian couple were lining up
for their picture to be taken at the Peak, over the stunning HK skyline. When their
turn came, the wife took up position, composed her face in a rigidly serious
pose…and resolutely held out a tin of nescafe coffee. We spotted this and
chuckled, assuming she didn’t know she had it in her hand. However, shouted instructions
were issued from husband, and she promptly rearranged the tin so the brand was
visible. Bafflingly, they then swapped places, and husband carefully rearranged
the tin, back ram-rod straight, face stern for the camera. It was like the tin
was of greatest interest, and the view purely incidental.
So in the spirit of sevens silliness, we bought a tin and
resolved to pose as serious-faced as possible in front of anything interesting.
We have a whole series, but these are our favourites. The one of me is in front
of the sevens village big screen; and Charis’ is in front of the popular view
of HK at night, complete with boat flashing by in the background.
I will keep the tin and try to do some more…if anyone can find a tin and send me some pics of themselves in unlikely situations I’d be thrilled – maybe we can start a meme?! Or perhaps we'll make it compulsory that every HK guest has to have one po-faced nescafe picture?
I will keep the tin and try to do some more…if anyone can find a tin and send me some pics of themselves in unlikely situations I’d be thrilled – maybe we can start a meme?! Or perhaps we'll make it compulsory that every HK guest has to have one po-faced nescafe picture?
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